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ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!

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the old trucker:

   Orin in the second last pic it looks like the fan blade is mounted directly to your pulley.
Quote from Grfishmaker;
Ok kpm, here's my request to you. In your travels, if you can; could you try to locate a 5 blade fan for my wide gauge? It's for a 300 Ford. I remember you telling me the difference in cooling between a 4 and 5 blade fan. I was told by Orin to make sure it is a ridgid fan, not a flex fan and not a clutch fan.
  Orin by mounting the fan this way, I guess it keeps your engine running cooler ?? Do you know @ what temp the engine will run at with this setup ?? I watched a show last weekend showing an electric fan mounted to the outside of the rad. They claim it pushes more cold air to the motor than pulling from the inside. Any thoughts on that ??

                                                                                                         
PS. My engine has a 5 blade fan now, but it won't fit to the pulley as it has a different bolt pattern. Any tips for this old trucker ??

                                                                                                                                        OT.

orin:
O.T.  My fan bolts right to the water pump, 4 bolts. Where does your fan bolt to? I have a 195 therm, so it runs around that. Going to switch to a 180 though and hope its a little better. It still heats up out in the open (on the lake) when going fare wind. When it does i just turn into the wind and let it cool off. Sometime I tie the motor doors open or drop the end gate right down, that helps but if there is a lot of loose snow everything fills up. The way some of the fellas on here have the electric fan on the motor door looks like a good idea, i'm going to do that. I don't know how it would work on the outside of the rad, lots of snow gets sucked in there.

the old trucker:


   My fan is bolted to the clutch which is connected to the pump with a big left hand thread nut. Two different bolt patterns.

orin:
Here's a few pics of how i bent the top boards. I rapped an old sheet around the board and poured boiling water on it, doing this every 5 minutes or so for about 45 minutes. Works pretty good if you don't have a steamer.http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/0192.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/0202.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/0212.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/0222.jpg

Cranman:
Orin.. Good job on the oak bend. Notice your drivers window is a little worse for wear. Lots of them around here as often guys just put solid glass in when they reskin the doors. Could send you some with the Frontier school bus to Mafeking or Dawson Bay if you want.

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